Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... Senate . This compromise was no longer possible , because Rome had developed from a city - state into an imperial state . Neither the Comitia nor the Senate was really competent to rule the new empire which they had acquired . If there ...
... Senate . This compromise was no longer possible , because Rome had developed from a city - state into an imperial state . Neither the Comitia nor the Senate was really competent to rule the new empire which they had acquired . If there ...
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... Senate and People could make their will felt by governors and generals in districts so close to themselves . The serious trial of the old municipal system of govern- ment , as applicable to the administration of distant depen- dencies ...
... Senate and People could make their will felt by governors and generals in districts so close to themselves . The serious trial of the old municipal system of govern- ment , as applicable to the administration of distant depen- dencies ...
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... Senate to control the doings of the provincial magistrates . It was impossible to maintain a constant supervision over a governor at Gades , or Thessalonica , or Ephesus , or to get at him within any reasonable space of time . He had to ...
... Senate to control the doings of the provincial magistrates . It was impossible to maintain a constant supervision over a governor at Gades , or Thessalonica , or Ephesus , or to get at him within any reasonable space of time . He had to ...
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... Senate or the Public Assembly to rule the world , and by what machinery ? And , secondly , how was the state to deal with the unfortunate fact that the new commercial conditions of the Mediterranean countries , brought about by the ...
... Senate or the Public Assembly to rule the world , and by what machinery ? And , secondly , how was the state to deal with the unfortunate fact that the new commercial conditions of the Mediterranean countries , brought about by the ...
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... Senate afterwards refused to ratify the agreement , and sent Mancinus in chains to Numantia . He was only remem- bered as the saviour of the lives of the defeated legions , and all the ignominy of the defeat was laid upon the consul ...
... Senate afterwards refused to ratify the agreement , and sent Mancinus in chains to Numantia . He was only remem- bered as the saviour of the lives of the defeated legions , and all the ignominy of the defeat was laid upon the consul ...
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